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20 YEARS AGO
APRIL 1, 2002
v A large group of Harbor Park supporters was in attendance at the regular meeting of the Grand Marais City Council on March 27 to voice their concerns over the council’s recent vote against seeking grant funding to build the park. At its prior meeting the council voted 3-2 not to pursue a $550,000 grant from the LCMR to pay for the planned park. It took nearly an hour of discussion, some of which was quite animated, but the council was convinced to rethink its recent decision. In the end, the vote was overturned unanimously. v Senator Doug Johnson, DFL-Tower, said he enjoyed politics, but all good things must come to an end. He announced on March 28 that he will retire from the Minnesota Senate. After a 32-year legislative career, Johnson said it’s time to fish for walleyes in the summer and sailfish in the winter.
30 YEARS AGO
MARCH 30, 1992
v With the arrival Monday morning, March 24, of the M/V Paul R. Tregurtha, the shipping season for 1992 opened at Taconite Harbor in Schroeder, a week to ten days earlier than normal. The Tregurtha is the largest vessel sailing the Great Lakes. It arrived at LTV Steel Company’s pier at Taconite Harbor to take on a load of 58,000 long tons of iron ore pellets for shipment to the company’s manufacturing facilities in Indiana Harbor, Indiana. v With an announcement from the federal Economic Development Administration that a grant for $365,000 had finally been approved, plans were being made to move ahead on a clubhouse for the Superior National Golf Course at Lutsen. Bethany Fountain, director of the Cook County/Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority, said the plan calls for letting bids for the project within a few weeks. v Seven candidates for superintendent of the Cook County School District were interviewed last week by the school board and members of the special screening committee. Those selected for interviews were picked from a field of more than 30 persons who submitted applications for the job.
60 YEARS AGO
MARCH 29, 1962
It was on March 20th, the first day of spring, that the crows moved back to the Gunflint Trail en masse.
We are happy to report that Kevin Johnson, son of the Harry Johnsons, who hurt his head Monday when he fell from a swing at the Tofte School, is doing fine and resembles somewhat a spaceman in his head bandage.
65 YEARS AGO
MARCH 28, 1957
v WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY WAS MADE A LEGAL HOLIDAY BY THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE IN 1860 (Minnesota Historical Society) On February 22, 1861, Minnesota celebrations included balls, cotillions, and masquerade parties. According to their local newspapers: Faribault had a cotillion party which was decidedly the pleasantest of the season. Saint Peter’s Ball, held at the Northwestern House, was not as large as it would otherwise have been because of the weather. The music, however, was excellent, the supper good, and all the arrangements perfect. Shakopee’s citizens enjoyed a grand ball and a masquerade at the National Hotel. Stillwater had no dance, but observed the day by firing twenty-four guns, one in honor of each state in the union. Seven weeks after these celebrations, the American Civil War began on April 12, 1861. v LETTER TO THE EDITOR Mrs. Marie Anhorn, Greenwood Lake Resort, thanked the Grand Marais Chamber of Commerce for allowing her the privilege of representing them at the Chicago Sports Show. She wrote that every person making a living in this vicinity should be aware that the biggest part of the population has money to spend on vacations, and they are looking for parts unknown to them to explore. Let’s not be called Grand Marais, Michigan. It’s time Grand Marais, Minnesota, gets on the map.
100 YEARS AGO
MARCH 30, 1922
v Miss Lillian Nelson of Maple Hill is enjoying some strenuous hikes, walking into town from her home Tuesday as an example of one of her feats. Although not too portly, she says she wishes to reduce. v C.O. Backlund has taken the contract to build the foundation and basement for an annex to the Tourist Hotel. v Ed Toftey, Morris Olson and John Winger returned Sunday from a trip to the Twin Cities in Mr. Toftey’s car. v Homer Massey of Lutsen has returned from Two Harbors where he has been recuperating after a slight attack of rheumatism.
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